Samuel Johnson

The king who makes war on his enemies tenderly distresses his subjects most cruelly.

Samuel Johnson

The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public.

Samuel Johnson

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and friends.

Samuel Johnson

The love of retirement has in all ages adhered closely to those minds which have been most enlarged by knowledge, or elevated by genius. Those who enjoyed everything generally supposed to confer happiness have been forced to seek it in the shades of privacy.

Samuel Johnson

The mental disease of the present generation is impatience of study, contempt of the great masters of ancient wisdom, and a disposition to rely wholly upon unassisted genius and natural sagacity.

Samuel Johnson

The most useful truths are always universal, and unconnected with accidents and customs.

Samuel Johnson

The only end of writing is to enable readers better to enjoy life, or better to endure it.

Samuel Johnson

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Samuel Johnson

The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment.

Samuel Johnson

The size of a man’s understanding can be justly measured by his mirth.

Samuel Johnson